title: Global public health training in the UK: preparing for the future.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Many major public health issues today are not confined by national boundaries. However, the global public health workforce appears unprepared to confront the challenges posed by globalization. We therefore sought to investigate whether the current UK public health training programme adequately prepares its graduates to operate in a globalized world.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used mixed methods involving an online cross-sectional survey of UK public health trainees on the international content of the Faculty of Public Health's written examination, a qualitative review of the Faculty's 2007 training curriculum and a questionnaire survey of all training deaneries in the UK.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that global health issues are not addressed by the current training curriculum or in the written examination despite trainee interest for this. Many of the deaneries were also unreceptive to international placements.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite the recognized educational legitimacy of global health placements and the favourable UK policy context, the opportunities and international content of public health training remain limited. In order to retain its position as a leader in the field of public health, the UK needs to adapt its training programme to better reflect today's challenges.
authors.affiliation: Section of Public Health, School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK. andrewlee@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Andrew C K
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Kate L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Mandeville
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003479:Curriculum; D040381:Education, Public Health Professional / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D012581:Schools, Public Health; D040443:Students, Public Health / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom